Module: Newsdays

Module Specifications..

Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024

Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Newsdays
Module Code	CM3680
School	School of Communications
Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: Declan Fahy Semester 2: Declan Fahy Autumn: Declan Fahy
Module Teachers	Declan Fahy Alice O'Sullivan
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	10
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Coursework Only

Description

Newsdays will emulate the work of a daily newsroom. The class will be divided into two groups and, on alternate weeks, each group will participate in an all-day Newsday. On those days, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., each student will work to produce stories under tight deadline pressures, under the direction of a three-person team of student news executives, guided by faculty and working journalists who will operate as Newsday editors-in-chief. The standard of journalism produced by students in their Newsdays will reflect, to a large extent, the amount of effort students put into their stories. Newsdays will, therefore, demand intense effort by individual students.

Learning Outcomes

1. Conduct advanced journalistic research and reporting
2. Develop multi-media news stories from concept to finished product
3. Demonstrate advanced storytelling skills in the production of high-quality original journalism across a range of platforms
4. Exercise appropriate professional judgement in the production of original journalism, accepting accountability for all decision-making
5. Act effectively under guidance in a peer relationship with qualified practitioners

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Laboratory	100	No Description
Independent Study	50	No Description
Total Workload: 150

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Professional Portfolio	n/a	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

UNESCO: 2011, Story-Based Inquiry: A Manual for Investigative Journalists, UNESCO, Paris,
David Randall: 2011, The Universal Journalist, 4, Pluto Press, London,

Other Resources

None

Programme or List of Programmes

MAJ	MA in Journalism

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